Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1

Brief Description:
-First published in Japan in 2005 by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo.---Colophon.

Biographical Note:
Fumi Yoshinaga is a Tokyo-born manga creator who debuted in 1994 with Tsuki to Sandaru ( The Moon and the Sandals). Yoshinaga has won numerous awards, including the 2009 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Ôoku, the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for her series Antique Bakery and the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award for Ôoku. She was also nominated for the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist.

Marc Notes:
Originally published in Japanese by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo.; Parental advisory, explicit content--Cover.; Reads manga-style, right to left and back to front.; In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the Shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the Shogun's Inner Chamber--Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.; 8; Rated M for mature.; Translated from the Japanese.

Publisher Marketing:
In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga's alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power--including the shogun's seat!

Review Citations:

• Publishers Weekly 08/31/2009 pg. 42 (EAN 9781421527475, Paperback) - *Starred Review
• Library Journal 11/15/2009 pg. 55 (EAN 9781421527475, Paperback)
• ALA Graphic Novels for Teens 03/01/2010 pg. 22 (EAN 9781421527475, Paperback) - *Starred Review
• Wilson Graphic Novels Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9781421527475, Paperback)